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Monday, 18 November 2024

My SPOILER FREE First Impressions Of Dune: Prophecy


The Dune franchise is perhaps the most iconic science fiction out there and it's one that has only had a very small amount of media adaptations over the years. Well now the saga has technically it's second ever TV series adaptation as HBO Max has now just premiered the first episode of the prequel to the 2021 film adaptation of Dune and so then join me as I give you my SPOILER FREE first impressions of the show that really is basically nothing more then just House of The Dragon but on a sand planet with the TV series in question being called simply just "Dune: Prophecy" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is Valya Harkonnen tries to make sure that someone that she wants to sit upon the royal throne does so that she can get all of the things that she wants. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad but at the same time this episodes plot wasn't all that good other as it's the exact same plot that we've seen play out in other and quite frankly better shows and with this show being set in the world of Dune you do expect them to deliver something better and different and as a result of that is the fact that it does come of as disappointing when you see all of the same plot points for other and better shows come into play in this episode when they should be doing something new and different which is something that they fail to do with all of this making this show feeling pointless to watch as you know where the plots going to go and you'll most likely have worked out any plot twists that this show will try to through in as well which does is something that will make show seem boring to watch and it's something that really makes this episode quite boring to watch as well with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Emily Watson as Valya Harkonnen and Olivia Williams as Sister Tula Harkonnen. Also starring in this episode is Jodhi May as Empress Natalya , Sarah-Sofie Boussnina as Princess Ynez , Chris Mason as Keiran Atreides , Shalom Brune-Franklin as Mikaela , Jade Anouka as Sister Theodosia , Jessica Barden as Young Valya , Emma Canning as Young Tula , Camilla Beeput as Reverend Mother Dorotea , Travis Fimmel as Desmond Hart , Laura Howard as Duchess Orla Richese , Tessa Bonham Jones as Lady Shannon Richese , Charlie Hodson-Prior as Pruwet Richese and Shazam! and Shazam! Fury Of The Gods star Mark Strong as Emperor Javicco Corrino.

Now then interms of what I personally tought /felt about rh actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes actors do indeed turn in some really good performances in this very episode which is something that's both to be expected and yet at the same time really shocking as well it's to be expected in the sense that this episodes actors are indeed some really good actors in there own right but it's also really shocking as alot more of this episodes actors are indeed some really unknown actors and there for it would have been foolish to expect some good performances from them and yet that's exactly what we got with all of this episodes actors turning in some really good performances that are better then what you thought that they would be and yet better then what you'd want them to be but what does does let this episodes acting down is the fact that this episode director Anna Foerster really doesn't known how to direct her cast which does make sense as she's really not a trained director as she's cinematographer with the acting that's in this very episode not really being helped by this episodes script which is just so bad as it gives none of this episodes actors absolutely nothing to work with interms of what it is that there respective actors personalities are even meant to be in the first place which s something that really does effects the overall quality of the acting that's in this very episode.


Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the really greats that are currently over at Millennium FX. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / flt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with it being really hard to tell what was a CGI effect from time to time as that's just how good this episodes CGI really is with this episodes effects being feature film worthy as that's just how goo they are and while yes this episode does use mainly use CGI to create all of the episodes creatures instead of doing them practically which is something they really could have done the episode also makes great use of CGI by using it to extend the episodes sets and to add buildings to locations where it might not have been possible to have them on the day which is a solid way to use CGI as all your basically doing is embracing what was already there on the day and to create something that would have been hard but not impossible to do practically and while yes practical effects will always look better as they don't age or if they do then it's takes decades for them to age with CGI they age not only really quickly but within the next few years and sadly that does really mean that even tho this episodes effects look really good by the end of 2027 the effects in this episode would have aged as well.


Incase you don't know this show is a prequel to the 2021 film Dune Part 1 with this show taking place ten thousand years before that film. Which is something that seems to be a common trend with HBO shows as we also have House Of The Dragon taking place thousands of years before Game Of Thrones and while that is a good idea as it no only means that we're going to be getting alot of backstory to things that were only mentioned in the films but it also means that should the show be a success then there can be sequel shows with those same characters but at the same time tho nobody who's watching this show is watching it because of the fact that they want to find out more about the history of this world there watching something like this because of the fact that the films had actors in it that they liked and that's really it and as a result of that is the fact that it would have been smarter to make a sequel show to the film where the franchises main characters can then make cameo appearances all of which are things that would make the franchise seem more connected as right now with this show there's nothing to connect it to the films outside of the fact that both this show and the films have the exact same font and that's really it and that doesn't really connect both the show to the films in a strong way as this font could really be used for anything and it would make just as much but if this episode delved into the backstory of something that happened in the films and even included characters that only got mentioned in the film then it would have connected the show to the film in a much more stronger way.

This episode from a visual standpoint this episode does look fantastic which is something that does make alot of sense as this episode was directed by a cinematographer. However tho at the same time tho just because the episode looks good doesn't mean that the episode itself is a good episode and sadly this is not a good episode as while this episode does take a slow burn approach to it's storytelling you still need to have something happening in the episode in order to get people to come back and watch episode two which is something that sadly this show is going to struggle to do as there's no reason to come back and watch more of this story as the episode really doesn't give you a reason to come back and watch more episodes other then the fact that it's based off of a very popular IP and that's really it and that's not enough as you still need to make a show that has good characters in it and has good storytelling and while it's far to early to tell if the story telling would be any good the episodes story telling isn't all that god as the episode really does take a while to even get to some resemblance of a plot and when it does it's bogged down in very dialog heavy scenes that make you wonder what it is that you've just watched which can be fine if you have the story to back it up but this show really doesn't have that going for it and as a result of that is the fact that us the audience will either end up being bored by the episode or just straight up being confused by what's going on in the episode either way it doesn't give us the audience a reason to want to watch the next episode of the show.


Just going off of this first episode the shows characters don't really seem to be all that interesting with alot of them not really being all that interesting. While this is something that could easily be due to the fact that this is only the first episode and as a result of that s the fact that we're of course not going to get fully formed characters right of the bat you still need to give the characters some good foundations to go off of as those foundations will help to form who the characters in the show and without them it would just seem like the characters are who they are because the plot of the episode demanded that they by that way and not because that's who they really are as characters and sadly while this episode does give some of the characters some decent foundations it doesn't give all of the characters some good foundations which is something that does make it hard to like there character with the only two characters that do come of as being really good characters in this episode are Valya Harkonnen and Emperor Javicco Corrino and that's really it and even then that's more due to who's playing them that helps to make them memorable then how there characters are being written as if there character were played by anybody else then chances are they'd be just as forgettable as the rest of this show characters are when the characters should always be well written characters that are very memorable regardless of who it is that's playing them.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and five minuets and forty two seconds. Which is pretty much the bogstandard running time for an HBO drama but at the same time it's a painfully long running tome for this episode as this episode really doesn't have all that much there interms of plot to really cover that amount of running time as at if you remove all of the very dialog heavy scenes and just focus on the parts that actually develop the plot of the episode then there's really only enough plot there to cover around thirty to forty minuets with this episodes running time really being made up by scenes that no only add anything to either the plot of the episode nor the characters either and as a result of that is the fact that all of those scenes just come across as being filler scenes when the episode itself really doesn't need padding as shows like The Penguin proved that even with a basic plot you can still make the episode be around an hour in length all really just by fully developing your plot and the characters that are actually important to the plot of the episode which is something that would make this episode be less painfully dull and boring then what it actually is and if you really remove all of the episodes filler scenes then it really would make the episode be alot less of a chore to watch as well but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is a drama that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual drama that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty in this episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual drama that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. As this episodes drama was the best part of the episode which really isn't saying all that much as even this episodes drama apart from the last five minuets really isn't all that exciting either and without giving away anything about the last five minuets of the episode then this episode is worth watching just for the last five minuets alone as that's when we get some really good drama it's just as shame that the first one of the episode is made up of scene s that are painfully boring where the drama tries to be profound and new but instead just comes across as being tired and boring as it's all stuff that we've seen done and talked about in other and better shows and while the episode does get credit for at least trying to have some character driven drama in it where it fails is the fact that the characters themselves aren't that well developed and as a result of that is the fact that even the character driven drama can't work because of the fact that we the audience have no clue if the characters would say or do anything like that because that's just how badly drawn out this shows characters really are and the drama is something that really does suffer because of it in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall while it's of course to hard to tell if this will be a good show or not just based off of this first episode alone the series will have a very hard and uphill struggle to even be a watchable show let alone one that people will like as this episode is just that much of a chore to sit through and watch in my freaking opinions anyways /at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating however if this post does decently well and if you guys want me to check out another episode then I will do it and that post would then be a review of that episode and that episode only and not a review of the show as a whole.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official Dune fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very post being the really great the official Dune fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what'd think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Dune fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Thursday, 14 November 2024

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV Series "Things Change" Review


The TMNT are characters that have been in alot of animated series over the years from the more recent Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the 1987 original series. However there's one animated show that doesn't get talked about all that much and has seemingly been forgotten about this is despite the fact that this show lasted for seven seasons and spawned a TV movie with the show being something that i'm going to be talking today and so then join me as I review the episode that sought to introduce the turtles to a more modern audience with the episode in question being called simply just "Things Change" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when there lair is destroyed by robotic mice the turtles and Splinter must search the New York sewers to find a new home. Now the interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good as the plot of the episode does a solid job of setting up five of the shows main characters whilst also giving us a story that is uniquely personal to them and while yes this is plot that would have meant more if it was the plot of a later episode and while this kind of plot has been to death with these characters it's the fact that in this episode that they actually split up the Turtles and Splinter almost right away with them each trying to get back to each other that makes it stand out from all of the rest but at the same time tho this is a plot that really should have been saved for a later plot of an episode as by then it really would have meant something not only to us the audience but also to the characters themselves as well and could have been a highly emotional episode where as here it just lessens the impact that a plot like this one really should have with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is The Venture Bros , Weathering With You and Your Name star Michael Sinterniklaas as Leonardo and The Legend Of Vox Machina star Sam Riegel as Donatello. Also starring in this episode is Frank Frankson as Raphael , The Octonauts star Wayne Grayson as Michelangelo , Darren Dunstan as Splinter , Eric Stuart as Cop 2 , John and Spike , Ted Lewis as Cop 1 and Two Ton and Scottie Ray as Oroku Saki.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that';s actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes actors turning in some really solid which is surprising as pretty much all of these actors aren't that well known voice actors ans as a result of that is the fact that it really would have been foolish to expect good or even great performances from them and while yes these actors will never be able to top the voices from the original Ninja Turtles cartoon there performance in not only this episode but also hopefully the rest of the show as well do go along way into making them THE voices of the turtles for the generation that grew up watching this version of the Ninja Turtles and while yes the acting in this episode could have been better in some respects given that this was the shows first episode it can forgiven for having acting that;s not as a good as it really could have been as the actors themselves do indeed turn in some really solid performances in this episode with the acting that's in this very episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors really have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really helps to raise the overall quality of the acting that;s in this very episode.


Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Dong Woo Animation Co.. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with the animation in this episode being alot better then what it really had any right to be as animation in TV shows around this point in time are very rarely that good and yet at the same time tho given who is doing the animation for this episode it really does make sense as Dong Woo Animation Co. usually do really good work in all of the things that they work on with the same thing also being true for this episode with all of the backgrounds in this episode looking really good with really any shot from this episode looking like a piece of art as that's how good the backgrounds in this episode really do look with the characters even having some really nice fluid movements to them as well something that really does come alive when the episode has an action scene and while it is hard to tell who the characters are from time to time the designs for the characters not only make sense given that there ninja's but they also work for what this show is going for as well with the designs for this show not only from the turtles themselves but the rest of the characters looking really good as well.


In what was a rather bold move this episode actually doesn't introduce the character of April O'Neil as instead she makes her debut appearance in the shows next episode. This was a bold move as when you typically think of Ninja Turtles you typically think of April as well and yet she is nowhere to be seen in this episode as all of this episode is spent not only setting up the turtles as characters but it's also setting up how strong there brotherhood is and as a result of that is the fact that there's no room for April in this episode  and that's smart as if she was to be included in this episode given how much that this episode has to set up having her appear in the episode would feel like there over stuffing the episode with things that aren't that important to the actual plot of the episode where as all of the things that they have in this episode are all important to the plot of the episode and are there for are really all needed in this episode in order to make the episode work and holding off on introducing her character does mean that the makers of this show can give the screen time that the character truly deserves as this is a truly iconic character and having her stuffed into this episode would feel like a disservice to her character instead of holding off on introducing and waiting until there's room for her in another episode which really is something that they thankfully do and because of that is the fact that we get an episode that feels more focused as there not introducing to many characters and throwing to many characters at us in this very episode.

One of the worst things that this episode does is the fact that it really does take it self a bit two seriously. Which does make the episode a bit less fun to watch as this is a show about talking ninja turtles and so it does have permission to be a bit more fun and be a bit more of a comic book show and while yes this show and this episode do indeed take there inspiration from the original comic books alot of the time tho those original comic books aren't that fun to read alot of the time either and whole yes the books can be fun to read as well they also knew not to take themselves all that seriously and while yes this episode does have it's more lighthearted moments as well for alot of the time it's playing everything straight and that doesn't make the show fun to watch and while yes making the show as campy as it was back in 1987 also wouldn't work for the tone of the show and the approach that the show was taking it also wouldn't hurt to make the show and this episode a bit more fun to watch like the fact that at the start of the episode they make a joke about the Purple Dragons mistaking the turtles for guys in costumes which is a solid joke but the episode does nothing with it like you could have made that joke even funnier just by having the turtles play along for a second in a goofy way before then beating them up which yes would have been seen as being campy but again this is a show that's about giant talking ninja turtles and so they can afford to be a little bit campy and bit alot more fun to watch as well.


This episode does technically have two villains as while there is a small group of The Purple Dragons that act as the main villains of the episode it could also be argued that Dr. Baxter Stockman could also be seen as being a villain in this episode as well. As it's his mousers that attack not only the turtles and ruin there home at the start of the episode but also keep on coming back to attack Splinter during the episode as well and neither villain is all that effective which in the case of Dr. Baxter Stockman does make alot of sense as he's not really meant to be seen as being the main villain of the episode as he doesn't technically make his debut until the very next episode in the case of The Purple Dragons they don't really have that much of an excuse as while yes they do get help from the Foot Clan near the end of the episode they don't do anything that effects the turtles during the episode and even get beaten yup by the turtles as well which does make sense given the turtles ninja training but at the same time these are meant to be one of he roughest gangs in the city and yet there being treated as being a throw away gang that aren't given all that much development outside of being a gang that works for Oroku Saki and while it does make sense that they would be easily defeated as there not a high level threat for the turtles to have in the first place you still want to start the series of in a strong foot and part of that does include having a good villain which sadly The Purple Dragons aren't that good or even that interesting of villains.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty one minuets and seventeen seconds. Which is a solid running time for this episode to have and is pretty much the bogstandard running time for this show to have as this episode really does have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that running time with the episode really taking as full advantage of it's running time that it really could have done but at the same time tho what would made this episode a little bit better then what it already is was if it was two episodes instead of the one as then it would make the story feel all the more epic then what it actually is and it would allow for more of the characters to get across what there personalities are in the first place something which alot of them are alot of them are able to do but at the same time alot of them just get across the most barebones look at there personality with the worst of example of this being Mickey who just comes across as being the jokester of the group where as with Raph you do still get that he's meant to be the angry one but at the same time you see moments where he uses his smarts instead of his muscles which does make him seem alot more smarter then what he lets one and with Donny he barely gets any dialog in this episode with Leo coming across as being the stoic leader of the group but at the same time we also see how deeply he cares for Splinter and if this episode was a little bitt longer then all four turtles would have gotten the chance to showcase more of there personality and not just Raph and Leo but I will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is an action show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With the episode having two action scenes in the episode and both of them look really good as we get to see what the turtles can do not only when there teaming with there Master Splinter but also when there fighting a huge number of people and our out numbered as well which is something that does give us some really fun action scenes with the best action in this episode being the one where we see the turtles take on The Purple Dragons as we get to see the turtles use there weapons in some really fun and creative ways like Donny using his bow staff to basically trip up two people behind him which is something that we really havn't seen in any other turtles media now and it's hard to see why as it is a really fun move and it's only a move that only the turtles could do as is the fact that we get to hear them have some really fun banter with each other as well and it really does help that it's during this episodes action scenes that the animation in this episode really does leap of the screen and really does blow you away with just how good the animation in this episode something that really does make the action in this episode all the more better then what it already is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a really solid episode and it's one that does serve as a good start to show that alot of people remember and have alot of passion for but at the same time tho this is an episode that could have been alot more better then what it actually is but it's still good episode even with all of it's many faults in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and such that really does mean that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 7 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episode that I used in this very review being the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not all of the images that are on the official Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fandom wiki page are really all really fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Tuesday, 12 November 2024

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always TV Special Review


There are a great deal a many TV shows that when you watch them as a kid they just stick with you and because of that they manage to break into the mainstream. Well that was the case with the first season of Power Rangers as back when it was first released back the nineties you really couldn't escape it and because of that love and passion for the franchise the franchise itself has been going for over thirty years spanning multiple seasons of a TV show three movies , countless video games , a live show and countless comic books and that's not to mention all of the toys that have been released for each season of the show well then the time to came to mark the franchises thirtieth it was only about right that the special focus on soe of the team that really started it all and so then join me as I give you my review of the special that sees the classic rangers return to take on a classic villain with the special in question being called simply just "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always" enjoy.

The plot of this special when the evil sorcerous Rita Repulsa is accidentally brought back to life by blue ranger Billy and when his team suffers a great tragedy it's up to Bill , Zack , Kat and Rocky to defeat this robo menace before she manages to change history forever. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special was in all honesty really good as the plot of this special not only recaptures the magic of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers but it also updates it in ways that make it feel more adult and have it tackle more serious themes that they couldn't possibly tackle in an episode of the show and while yes the plot of this episode could have been better as they write of Jason , Kim and Tommy in a way that goes against there characters the plot of this special is also one that could have been alot more worse then what the ultimately ended up getting as it would have been super easy to just put in a lackluster plot and sap the Power Rangers name on it and call it a day but they don;t as there quite clearly is alot of love and effort put into this specials plot and that is something that really shine through with the plot of this special also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this special is Walter Jones as Zack Taylor , David Yost as Billy Cranston and Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos. Also starring in this special is Catherine Sutherland as Katherine "Kat" Hillard-Oliver , Johnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park , Karan Ashley as Aisha Campbell , Charlie Kersh as Minh Kwan , Richard Steven Horvitz as the voice of Alpha 8 and the voice of Alpha 9 , Barbara Goodson as the voice of Robo-Rita Repulsa , Ryan Cooper as the voice of Robo-Minotaur and Daniel Watterson as the voice of Robo-Snizzard.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting hat's actually featured / presented to us in this very special well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that;s actually featured / presented to us in this very special was in all honesty really good. Which for Power Rangers is kind of rare thing as this franchise isn't really known for having good acting in it and if you want proof of that just watch any episode of the show or any of the movies which means that it really is surprising when this show does produce some really good acting in it as is the case with this special as even tho some of this specials returning cast embers had given up acting after they left the show they all very easily slip back into there roles as if they had just finished playing them the day before they were all due to start filming this special with the standout performer for this episode being Charlie Kersh as Minh Kwan who is just so good in this special that if she really wanted to she could very easily make it as an actress and it makes you wonder why they didn't have her appear with Billy unmorphed for Cosmic Fury as she really is just so good in this special with the acting that's in this special really being helped by the fact that this special script is just so good that all this specials actors really have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very special.


For once it's impossible to tell who did the CGI for this special as there are no effects company listed anywhere online or in the specials end credits. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special well then in all honesty I in all honesty perso0 ally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special was in all honesty not that bad a CGI in Power Rangers has typically been really bad and yet here the effects actually look really good and while yes granted this special effects aren't feature film worthy but they were never meant to be as they were meant to be effects that look like that they would belong in the world of this show and to that degree this special effects worked really well with all of the blasts from Rita looking really good and while it would have been cooler if the blasts from Rita left some impact on the ground just to really sell that these blasts are powerful and could be quite painful where the effects do kind of fail is when it comes to Snizzard who when he's made to grow does become a computer effect and it looks really bad as it because obvious that it's a computer effect and not just a man in a suit which looked really better with the same thing also being true for the Megazord which when it was done in the nineties looked really good because it was a man in a suit and while the effects on the Megazord do look good your never going to do doing something for real. 


While this special isn't the first one to feature the death of a Power Ranger as that honor goes to Power Rangers Lost Galaxy and it's not even the first one to feature the death of a ranger on screen. What sets this apart from Power Rangers Lost Galaxy is the fact that the original yellow ranger actress did die in real life with this special killing off her character and that is something that sets this special apart from Power Rangers Lost Galaxy with this whole special pretty much being a feature length tribute to Trini Kwan which is something that does make sense as she was one the original five rangers but at the same time tho it would have been nice to have some of the focus of this special be on the other Rangers as well as this special is meant to celebrate Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as a whole and not just the one character however tho it does make sense that the special address her death as it's something that would have been a huge elephant in the room and as a result of that is the fact that not only addressing it within the first few minuets of the special but also making it a huge plot point not only for the special but also for the character of Minh it does seem oddly fitting not only for this franchise but for the character of Trini as well as to many she is the best yellow ranger that the show has ever had and to have the special focus on her death really does set this special apart from an average episode of the show itself.

To give you all an idea of how adult that this special is they use the words kill and revenge quite alot in this special. Which might not seem like a big thing but please do bare in mind that Power Rangers has never ever used the word kill and hasn't really used the word revenge at least not that often and yet there used all of the time in this special and there used in ways that help to advance the character of Minh which is useful thing to do as her whole storyline is all about her trying to get revenge for the death of her mother and her learning that getting revenge won;t bring her mother back and sort of forms of cycle where each person involved is trying to get revenge on the other and on the flip side of that is the fact that we see Robo-Rita who has already gone down the path of revenge that Minh is currently going down and we see how that isn't the best way to go about things and how that can drive you to do things that will hurt you in the longer with Minh only coming round to seeking justice and not revenge after she saves two random innocent people from a putty attack but the message does kind of watered down when we see Billy quite literally stab Robo-Rita in the back with his Power-Lance but even then it could be argues that it was done to stop Robo-Rita from completing her plan and not to get revenge on her for killing off Trini with the very fact that he stabbed someone with his weapon also being something that we would never ever get to see in the actual show itself either.


Speaking of Robo-Rita she was a decent villain as it does make sense that she would be the main villain of this special as she is the villain that you think of when you think of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. With the character even having a good plan in that she wants to open a portal to the day in 1993 when she first got out of her space dumpster in order to give her advice on how to kill the rangers before they were actually rangers with this not only effecting the the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers but all rangers teams as well which is a solid enough plan and it does feel in character for her but at the same time tho the character oddly feels incomplete with the rest of her sidekicks there to help her out and to serve of comedy relief as there's no Squat , Baboo , Finster or Goldar in this special when it would have been fun to see those characters back in this special and it would have made sense to have them back as all of those character any worked with Rita in the original show and yet not only are they nowhere to be seen in this special the characters aren't even mentioned in this special as well when the special could have added them in not only to add some comedy into the special but it would also make this reunion special actually feel more like a reunion special but even with out all of those characters Robo-Rita is still a really good villain who is willing to do whatever it takes to get the job down and is actually quite smart as she's not just attacking Angel Grove she's attacking every place that has Rangers teams in them and she even has a device that allows her to track a team of rangers when there morphed which is a smart thin to do.

Now then this special has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty eight minuets and eight seconds. Which is a really solid for this special to have as this special really does have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that large amount of running time and even the fact that this special has that long of a running time really does make it feel all the more special as it's quite literally the length of three episodes of the show and yet here it doesn't really feel that long as while yes those of us who grew up with the show are getting all of these cool little throwbacks to either iconic locations or even just by having the use of the iconic theme song at the start of the special it is something that does make this special feel more like a feature film as due to the fact that it's almost one hour long it also mean that the special really does have the time to fully develop it's plot in a way that the an episode of the show really wouldn't have the time to do and it also means that this special can also fully develop it's new characters as well with the best example of this being Minh herself who goes from someone who is rather understandably upset at Billy for the part that he played in the death of her mum to then fully understanding that it wasn't his fault to fully understanding what it truly means to be a Power Ranger and that is something that makes her come across as being amore likable character then what she really could have done and it's also something that the average episode of the show wouldn't be able to do with there shorter running times but I really will admit that this special really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is ana action special that really does mean that I have to actually talk the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very special well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that;s actually featured / presented to us in this very special was in all honesty. Which really isn't something that's all that surprising as the show has always had some really good looking action in it with this special not really being an except to that as we get to see noy only some really good an exciting fully morphed fights but there are also some really good unmorphed fights as well which is something that the franchise barely does well but when the show did them well you got something that's truly special and that's we got here as alot of this special felt truly special and while the action in this special did get let down by the CGI megazord and Snizzard fight when the fight is just the rangers taking either the Putty's , Snizzard , Robo-Minotaur or even Robo-Rita for that matter it was usually a very good fight scene with the best example of this being the first fight scene in the special as it gave you everything that you truly want to see in a Power Rangers special as you have not only all six original rangers fighting Rita and the Putty's but you also have the classic Power Rangers theme song playing in the background which just makes the fight all the more better in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this special was a great to celebrate Power Rangers thirtieth anniversary and with the franchise seemingly on hold for the time it does serve as a great way to show us just how good the franchise could be when it's under the right hands and got the right people working on it as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very special in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very special really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Power Rangers fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very special that I used in this very review being the really great the official Power Rangers fandom wiki page really simply really is just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very special with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of with really all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Power Rangers fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Monday, 11 November 2024

The Penguin TV Series SPOILER FILLED Review


Believe it or not there was two comic book related TV shows that debuted several weeks ago with each one getting vastly different reactions from the public. The first one was of course Agatha All Along which got some love from some people but mostly got turned apart by people then there was the show that i'm going to be talking to you about today which got the complete opposite reaction as it got alot of love from people and so then join me as I give my SPILLER FILLED review of the show that proved that you can do a Batman live action TV show well with the show in question being called simply just "The Penguin" enjoy.

The plot of this show is not long after the events of The Batman Oswald "Oz" Cobb tries to make a power grab and become the ultimate crime boss in all of Gotham City only to find that his climb to the top might be a lot more harder then what he first thought that it would be. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty really good as the plot of this show was one that was really handled as it's something that would have been so hard to pull off and yet this show pulls off this kind of plot really well with the show making this plot actually interesting instead of boring and predictable like it so easily could have been with the plot of this show also really being helped by the fact that it is kind of a slow burner as it does take until at the vert least the second the episode of the show for the plot t really get going but that is something that does work well enough to this shows advantage as it does allow the show to then spend some time in setting up it's newer characters wand while yes granted some of it's newer characters do come across as being better then others it's all worth it to see the role that they play in this shows plot with the plot of this show also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this show is this shows executive producer Colin Farrell as Oswald "Oz" Cobb / The Penguin. Also starring in this show is Cristin Milioti as Sofia Gigante , Rhenzy Feliz as Victor "Vic" Aguilar , Deirdre O'Connell as Francis Cobb , Clancy Brown as Salvatore "Sal" Maroni , Carmen Ejogo as Eve Karlo , Michael Zegen as Alberto Falcone , Jayme Lawson as Bella Reál , Michael Kelly as Johnny Viti , Theo Rossi as Dr. Julian Rush , Shohreh Aghdashloo as Nadia Maroni , Scott Cohen as Luca Falcone , Con O'Neill as GCPD Chief Mackenzie Bock , Louis Cancelmi as Rex Calabrese , Kenzie Grey as Gia Viti , Craig Walker as Detective Marcus Wise and Mark Strong as Carmine Falcone.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actually featured / presented to us in this show was in all honesty really good. Which is something that is both shocking and yet at the same time not very shocking at all as some of this shows actors are indeed some really good in there own right and such it's only wise to expect some really performance from them but at the same time it's also quite shocking as well as there are some of this shows actors that aren't quite that well known and as such we'd have no idea of what it is to expect from them from an acting point of view and as a result of that is the fact that this shows acting is shocking really good with the true standout performer in this show being both Colin Farrell as Oswald "Oz" Cobb / The Penguin and Cristin Milioti as Sofia Gigante as both actors really give some really good performances in all of the episodes and heck even in episode four of this show "Cent'Anni" Cristin Milioti pretty much carries that entire episode on her back as she's just that good not only in that episode but in all of the shows episodes as well and the same thing is also true for Colin Farrell as well as he really did bring his A game for this show and for this character as a whole with the acting that's in this very show also being helped by the fact that the scripts for this show are just so good that all this shows really have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance really will come out them naturally which is something that really foes help to raise the overall quality that's in this very show.


For once it's actually hard to say who it is that's doing the CGI for this show as there are no effects companies listed anywhere on the shows IMDB page nor the various end credits. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty really good as this show uses CGI in the best way possible in that it's only there to either extend the set or to enhance something that was already there on the day of filming and that's really it and while yes this show does also use CGI to recreate things from The Batman that's also a good way to use CGI as there's no way that you can flood an entire street and therefor CGI is the only way to go and yet even with that in mind it is at times also really hard to tell what was done in a computer and what was done practically and while yes this films quality of CGI is overall really high when you do indeed spot some really bad looking effects it is something that really does stand out a mile as it's a bad bad looking effect in a sea of good looking effects but having one or two bad looking effects in a show that's filled to the brim with some really good looking CGI effects really go to show you that this show has some more good looking effects then it does have some really bad looking effects in it.

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It's very safe to say that the best new character that this show introduced was that of Sofia Gigante as this character is one that's made up of many layers. As on the surface she seems like someone who is a bit of a push over but then the more you get into her backstory the more that we the audience find out that she's perhaps the most dangerous villain that Oz is going to come up against in this show as she shows several times that she's more then willing to do whatever it takes to get what she wants and even tho she does care deeply about her own family with her spending the vast majority of the first half of the show trying to get revenge on who she things killed off her brother in episode and yet we see just how badly her family just because of the fact that she's not willing to go into the family busisness right away and it's only when she unknowingly helps a reporter get her father into deep trouble that she then is forced into the family busisness after she spends ten years in prison for a crime that she didn't commit and it's because of that she because a highly dangerous villain with her willing to get revenge on her family by killing off all but one of them as a way to make sure that the kid that she saves doesn't go down the same path but by killing off her family she does set the kid off on the same path as her with this being something that we see her struggle to deal with and it's all of that that makes her the true standout character in this show.

For those that are expecting a cameo from Batman either in the series finale or in any of the shows eight episodes then be prepared to be let down. As not only does the character not even appear either as Batman or as Bruce Wayne for that matter but the character doesn't even get mentioned at all during the shows eight episodes with the only references that we get to the character is a name drop in the eighth episode and the bat-signal appearing at the end of the show and that's really it and while that is something that might put off some people as alot of them will be wondering why Batman isn't trying to stop Oz which is also an issue with the show as a whole when we get to the seventh episode of the show it could also be seen as a good thing as it means that the show has more then enough star power on it's own to not really require the character to show up in order to lend credibility to the show but at the same time tho given how much damage not only Oz himself but also Sofia cause during the events of this show alot of which we even see being reported on the Gotham City News then it really does make you wonder why the character didn't appear in the show or why a reason for him not showing up was ever given on screen as that would then fully explain why we the audience are not going to be seeing the character in this show and yet we get nothing which doesn't work as we the audience know for a fact that he's in Gotham City given that this show takes place two weeks after The Batman and so he would still be in Gotham City when this show is taking place and yet we get no reason as to why the character isn't appearing in this show.


While this show does indeed have Oz be the main character of the show the show doesn't make him out to be the good guy. As we find out in episode 7 that he was the one that killed his brothers something which he lied about several times during the show and all because of the fact that he wanted to spend more time with his mother something which his mother not only knew that he did but actively tried to get him to confess and he didn't then tried to have him killed and yet we also see Oz acting like a true villain all throughout the show as he kills Sofia's brother at the start of the first episode and frequently gets into business with several gangster and double crosses them all for his own gain and all of which almost backfire on him and yet it's because of the fact that he's the bad guy that makes this show interesting as the show actually tries to make him a likable character by showing him caring for ill mother and even grieving her when she has a stroke and enter a vegetative state because of it all of which concludes in an utterly heartbreaking scene when in the final episode he kills of his one true friend Vic for no reason other then he wants no one to try and take him off the top spot and has his girlfriend dress up as his mother and roleplay as her which does go to show you that even tho due to his own actions of him killing this own brothers that his mother never really cared for him that he still cares for her which makes this show come across as being more of a tragedy that it is a drama.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running tie of exactly one hour and seven minuets and fifty nine seconds. Which is kind of the bogstandard running time for this show to have as alot of this shows episodes had a very similar running time with the shortest episode being episode seven which at just over forty six minuets long with each episode having just the right amount there interms of plot to really cover there respective running time and it really does help that all of these episode really do take as full advantage that they really could have done as they fully flesh out not only the character of The Penguin himself but alot of the side characters and the main characters as well and while yes some of the other characters like for example Dr. Julian Rush and Johnny Viti aren't as fleshed out as they really could have been with neither of them really adding much to the overall plot with Johnny Viti really only being there to give Sofia a kind of antagonist for the first half of the show but when he's killed off there's really no one else that can take her down and even her own alley Dr. Julian Rush doesn't get that much development either and he's meant to be a kind of love interest for Sofia and yet if you compare this to Vic who does get fully fleshed out and does get the chance to be a fully formed character despite him filling the exact same role as Dr. Julian Rush as someone for Oz to talk to and have an alley in then it really does make you wonder why the makers of this show didn't give Dr. Julian Rush the time that he really needed to become a more fleshed out character but I really will admit that this show really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is a drama that really does mean that I gave to actually talk about the actual drama that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual drama that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty really good. As the show really does take the time to really build up all of it's main characters and because of that when something dramatic does happen it not only feels natural but it also feel earned as well and isn't just there because of the fact that the show needs something dramatic here it happens because it's something that the characters would say and do with it actually adding something to the characters or advancing the characters in someway shape or form with the best example of this being the episode three cliff hanger where Oz and Sofia are captured by Maroni's wife and men and yet when Vic crashes Oz's car into them it's Oz that gets in the car and tells him to drive off leaving Sofia alone which is something that works for that character as Oz is only really out for himself and so of course he would leave Sofia alone to die as he sees her as a threat and nothing more then that and the show is filled to the brim with drama that's like that with this show being a really good example of how to do character driven drama and not have it come across as being forced and unneeded in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

SPOILERS END HERE!!!!!!!!!!!


Overall while this show is not getting picked up for a season 2 right now despite one having been discussed this story is not over just yet as we have The Batman Part 2 and possibly even The Batman Part 3 but even so this show really doesn't need a second season as its better as being a one and done show and the show works really well because of the fact that it's one and done show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very show in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very show really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official The Batman Universe fandom wiki page , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official The Batman Universe fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on freaking the official The Batman Universe fandom wiki page are all fairly freaking high in freaking quality and as well as being very fairly freaking high in definition.

Sunday, 3 November 2024

WWF Invasion PPV Review


It's been quite a while since I last reviewed anything to do with the world of wrestling and well it was about time that I do something about that. With the WWE having TNA stars appear on weekly WWE TV it only made sense that the main focus of this review be the first and to date only time when two wrestling companies went to war with each other on PPV and so then join me as I review the show that sees Team WCW and Team ECW take on Team WWF with the show in question being called simply just "WWF Invasion" enjoy.

The biggest story both before and coming out of this show is the whole invasion storyline with WCW and ECW invading the WWF. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in al honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt hat the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty not that bad as while yes the invasion storyline is one that's wildly hated by wrestling fans due to how mismanaged it was interms of this show it is a storyline that is advanced somewhat well as while yes the only big advancement of the story we get is during the shows main event it was still a really shocking thing to see happen and it was something that does add some stakes to the storyline even if it did feel like that they were trying to add star power to a failing storyline when all they add to do was wait for guys like Sting , Goldberg and Kevin Nash to become available as then we could have had a true war with these two companies instead of having various wrestlers switch sides which is something that did dilute the idea of having them switch sides as there was no consequences either side for that happening but it still doesn't change the fact that the plot of this show was advanced in a way that was really shocking with the plot of this show also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


The set for this show was a really impressive looking set even tho it was just basically one big TV screen in the middle flanked by two smaller TV screens on both the left and right hand side of the bigger middle TV screen. However what was something that set this set apart from alot of the others during the this time period was the fact that not only do we have a bunch of pillars holding up all three screen but we also have two separate tunnels one of for each member of either Team WCW and Team ECW and the other one for Team WWF which was something that looked great as it made sense that they the three companies would have separate entry ways as if they didn't then they'd be fighting before they even made there way to the ring where as here it means that both sets of wrestlers get to enter the arena and do there thing and it also makes in the way that WCW and ECW are seen as being the heels in this's storyline and as a result of that is the fact that the feels would of course not go through the same tunnel as the faces as they'd want all of the attention to themselves and that is something that wouldn't be the case if there was only one tunnel and it's something that alot of wrestling companies sadly don't do anymore when it's something that they could do when the storyline permits them to do so as it would make a whole lot of sense and work really well for there shows as well with the set looking really good in this show and working really well for this show as well.

Thankfully there is no dead space when it comes to this shows set with all of this shows set filling up the entire entry way. Which is something that that all sets should do with the only really bug bear with this shows set being that it feels alot like a stereotypical WWF set and doesn't really incorporate elements from either WCW or ECW for that matter which is something that really could have done given the the fact that the poster for this show has both the owners of WCW and WWF matched up together and it's something that wold have gone really well with the PPV's theme as well as this show is all about WCW and ECW invading the WWF and yet none of that reflected in the set for this show which is something that does take away from how good this shows set really could gave been as it could have been alot more better if they did work in elements from all three companies to create one set that represents all three companies instead of creating something that feels like a stereotypical looking WWF PPV set and while yes all of the sets from around this time period are really unique looking sets if the show did have aa set that combined something from all three companies then they could have created something that was rather unique and that had the possibility to look really good as well but on the flip side of that is the fact that it also could have looked really bad as well and as a result of that is the fact that having one good looking set does make sense instead having a set that combines something from all three combines.


While not alot of wrestling love this whole invasion and for good reasons as it was something that was really mismanaged. As WCW was missing alot of it's heavy hitters that could have made the whole thing work alot more then what it does as the likes of Jeff Jarret , Sting , Kevin Nash and more were all waiting got there contracts to end and yet if the WWE had made them a very tempting offer and brought them all in for this storyline that it would have made the whole thing truly feel like a war but as things stand the whole just doesn't work and as a result of that is the fact that the WWE had to keep on having people switch brands more often then not for little to no reason all to try and make The Alliance seem like a bigger threat when having more of there popular stars from WCW would have done that perfectly heck even having Buff Bagwell join the group would have done and this is made even worse by the fact that they DID have Buff Bagwell compete on Raw but then they never brought him back after that when having him appear in this story line would have added some star power to Team WCW as even tho Team ECW had all of their heavy hitters join them early on and remain with them really until the storyline ended at Survivor Series ECW was just not that big of company to begin with therefor it would have fallen to WCW to bring in some of their top talent and really have them use their star power to make this group worth watching to make this storyline alot more interesting then what it really ended up being like. 


For some strange reason the WWF thought that having a pointless match between two referees was not only needed but also PPV worthy. When in actuality it really wasn't as this is a match that would have been better of served if it was on either Raw or Smackdown or on the Sunday Night Heat before this PPV aired and yet the WWF thought that this match was worth putting on PPV when it's not a PPV worthy match this is a match that really shouldn't have been a thing as we don;y need to see how the referees are feeling about this invasion and while yes it does go along way to show us that the invasion isn't just effecting the wrestlers but is infact effecting everyone that still doesn't excuse the fact that this match didn't need to be on the show if they were looking at this match as being a toilet break match then we have to wonder why it was the second match on the card when having be at the vert least the fourth or even fifth match on thew card really would have filled that role more better as nobody would be queuing to use the toilet after the first first match which not only makes this match a pointless match up as well but it also makes it one that's oddly placed in the shows card as well as there are better places where this match could have gone and yet they didn't go with the more obvious places and heck you even could have had this match switch places with the Torrie and Stacy vs Trish and Lita and it still would have made alot of sense from a placement point of view.

What was something that both did and didn't work for this show was the copious amounts of pointless backstage segments. As alot of them just hit home the exact point which is that both of thee companies hate each other and are trying to get there respective wrestlers pumped up for there respective matches and that's really it which does make them seem pointless and aimless as really you only need one or two backstage segments to hit that point home and not have it be quite literally every single backstage segment which just makes them comes across as being really repetitive when you really cold have used some of those backstage to develop some of the characters in this storyline and to further develop the storyline in a way that feels natural and not have Steve Austin big turn at the end of the show come out nowhere as you could have shown him acting odd during the show like he's not willing to talk to people or he says something that hints that he's not on the level instead of having it just happen just for the sake of it but for some reason the WWF was really obsessed with really hitting home that both sides are trying to pump up both of there wrestlers which is something that really didn't need to do as that is something that we the audience would already know is going on anyways and it would have given more of the storylines main characters a chance to get across what it is that there respective personalities are even meant to be in the first place as well instead of just leaving them as personalitiless characters which is something that only serves to harm not only the story line but the character in question as well with this really being something that could have been fixed if this show devoted some of it's backstage segments to developing either it's characters or really the storyline as a whole.


In what is a rather shocking move is the fact that there's only one title match during the whole entire show. With that being the Hardcore Championship which is odd as the shows does have several champions competing on the show and almost all of which could have had some really good championship matches given who they were competing against with a good example of that being Billy Kidman vs X-Pac as both of them are the cruiserweight champion for there respective companies and having them compete in a double title match would noy only have made sense but given how well that they worked together in the match itself it also would have been a really good match but to the shows credit having only the one title match on the card really did make the match stand out and because of that both Rob Van and Jeff Hardy really did go above and beyond what was expected of them to deliver a really good and exciting match something that while it wouldn't have been diluted by having more championship matches if anything it would have made stand out all the more if they were bad matches but it is something that would have made the storyline as a whole all the more impactful even more so if The Alliance won all of those matches as it would then make the WWF seem more like the underdogs in the story and it would make all the more gravitating when they do when the storyline at Survivor Series as well but having the one championship match on the card means that we have get to have one really good championship match instead of having several bad to OK ones.

Now then this show has / had an exact grand total running tine of exactly two hours and forty minuets and thirteen seconds. Which is both a solid and not a solid running time for this show as the show does have more then alot there interms of plot to really require that amount of running time at the same time tho there are some matches that could have done with being alot shorter then what it was like for example the Hardcore Championship between Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy is a match that didn't need to run well over twelve minuets long as that match could have done it's job in about seven minuets and the same thing also goes for the opening tag team match as well and even the six man tag between Big Show , Albert and Billy Gunn vs Chris Kanyon , Hugh Morrus and Shawn Stasiak is match that could have been moved to Sunday Night Heat as it has no bearing on the main storyline which makes that match feel more like a filler match where s if it was on Sunday Night Heat then it could at the very least have been something that was built up on episodes of that show instead of only being added to the show at the very last minute all of which would have gone quite a long way into making this show alot more shorter and with that shorter running time the show could then have devoted more time to the matches that really needed it like for example Billy Kidman vs X-Pac but I really will admit that this show really does have some really good pacing to it tho.


So now then as this is a wrestling show that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual wrestling that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual wrestling that's actually featured / presented to us in this very show was in all honesty really good. With there being alot of really good wrestling matches in this show which was something that was to be expected given who is competing in this show but at the same time there was was a few really bad wrestling matches with it being a tie for the worst match on the show as it was between Earl Hebner vs Nick Patrick and Torrie and Stacy vs Trish and Lita but what made the all referees match bad was the fact that ti was two untrained people trying to have a wrestling match where as with the all women's tag team match they at the very least put both Torrie and Stacy in the ring with two people who could wrestle even if Trish still wasn't that good yet at this point in time with the all referee match being something that you could very easily just by making it a tag team match with each referee being paired with someone from there respective roster that could wrestle where as it would be a bit more of a challenge to fix the women's tag team match just because of the fact that the women of WCW weren't rally all that known for being great wrestlers most of the time with the best wrestling match being the ten men tag team match between The Alliance vs Team WWF with that match just being a nonstop thrill ride from start to finish that was a really exciting match to watch in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this wasn't a bad show but the same time it wasn't necessarily a good show either with this show being a very middle of the road show that despite advancing the company wide storyline in a great an interesting still good have a much more better show then what it ultimately ended in being as in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good ans as well as all of the bad things that are in this very show in this very review and s such that really does mean that this show really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Pro Wrestling fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful the official Pro Wrestling fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on freaking the official Pro Wrestling fandom wiki page are all fairly freaking high in freaking quality and as well as being very fairly freaking high in definition.